April Bloomfield

April Bloomfield (born 1974), is a British chef best known for holding a Michelin star at two restaurants, The Spotted Pig and The Breslin. She had previously worked at a number of restaurants in the United Kingdom, including The River Café and Bibendum.

Chef Bloomfield is also noted for achieving the highest score of any single challenger in Iron Chef America history, accomplishing the feat during her 56–53 victory over Michael Symon in 2008.

Biography

Bloomfield was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, in 1974. Her father was an engineer, while her mother worked from home for Halcyon Days Ltd, painting bomboniere. She originally wanted to become a police officer, but changed her mind when she discovered that she had missed out on the police cadet scheme. She decided to attend catering college alongside her sister and realised that it was a career she wanted.

Following college, she began working at the Holiday Inn in Birmingham, before moving to London to work first at Kensington Place and then at Bibendum. She moved to work in Northern Ireland but returned to London and after working at a couple of further restaurants, she started working at The River Café after achieving a position there through a friend.